Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PHLEBOTOMISE
bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise
(verb) draw blood; “In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
phlebotomise (third-person singular simple present phlebotomises, present participle phlebotomising, simple past and past participle phlebotomised)
Alternative form of phlebotomize
Anagrams
• phlebotomies
Source: Wiktionary
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